wi11ow 2,657 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 spaniel xs puppy 4 months other bitch a year 5 Quote Link to post
Trev70 5,185 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Six month old here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN3Setm6Yg4 Were they both 6 months old? The mostly white one looked more experienced to me, while the darker one seemed to be still figuring things out.... The white one knows her job mate she's 3 next month. I was showing the pup marking at the start. 1 Quote Link to post
terryd 8,660 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Mine started marking at 5 months and by 6 or 7 he was reliable enough to rely on for a bit of sport. If any thing though his marking vocabulary has probably expanded so this winter being his first proper one I need to learn all his little hints that there is something about even if he can't get close to the holes. For example he will swing into the wind and start pointing at a bit of hedge or what ever to add I love seeing a dog mark it really makes my day more so than a dog thundering off down the beam though I enjoy that too Edited August 14, 2015 by terryd 4 Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Six month old here. Were they both 6 months old? The mostly white one looked more experienced to me, while the darker one seemed to be still figuring things out.... Wouldn't introduce it to anything with teeth that young tho minkenry you may put it off , unless it's a bull breed , Quote Link to post
Minkenry 1,044 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Six month old here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN3Setm6Yg4 Were they both 6 months old? The mostly white one looked more experienced to me, while the darker one seemed to be still figuring things out.... The white one knows her job mate she's 3 next month. I was showing the pup marking at the start. Ok cool. Yeah, that's what I assumed. But since you didn't specify which dog was 6 months old, I wasn't really sure. Quote Link to post
Minkenry 1,044 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Six month old here. Were they both 6 months old? The mostly white one looked more experienced to me, while the darker one seemed to be still figuring things out.... Wouldn't introduce it to anything with teeth that young tho minkenry you may put it off , unless it's a bull breed , Yeah, I wasn't planning on the pup catching anything, especially something that could bit back. I just planned on the pup showing me where the game is so I can stick my mink down after them. The mink would be doing all the dirty work. Later on I'd be using the dog for ratting with the mink, and hunting other vermin on its own without the mink's help, but not until it was about year old. I was just curious how helpful a pup would be at locating game, as I had never tried using a pup to sniff anything out before. Quote Link to post
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 This is my Border marking! Different ball game with him, can either be full on no doubt mark or very subtle ways of telling you. Tail wagging, pointing almost and waiting, looking for action. It's about knowing your dog too. They know if. anything is home and that's the reward, nothing for false mark. A good marking dog is very much worth it's weight in gold. Atb 3 Quote Link to post
darbo 4,776 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 This one marked as soon as he was out after the jabs getting on in years now but to date has not told lies. 4 Quote Link to post
wi11ow 2,657 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 It's a great thing to see 3 Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) When the gold coin is concerned,..a marking dog is essential... On a paid job,.there might only be a handful of rabbits or rats to be culled.. It is imperative that you succeed,.or.... no result,.... no vonga. I rate the attribute of marking up in a work dog,...extremely highly,... Edited August 16, 2015 by Phil Lloyd 5 Quote Link to post
Minkenry 1,044 Posted August 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 While we are on the topic of marking holes, I see a wide variety of dogs being used for marking. Everything from terriers to whippet looking dogs, to lurchers, to who knows what kind of dog that is..... with that being said, it seems a marking dog doesn't need to be all that specially bred as far as using its nose is concerned. Am I correct in that assumption? I've always been under the impression that herding dogs and sight hounds don't have that great of noses, so seeing them being used for marking holes makes me wonder if just about any dog that likes to hunt could be good as a marking dog, regardless of if the breed in question has been bred for using its nose. Is that a correct assumption, or am I missing something? Quote Link to post
comanche 3,076 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 While we are on the topic of marking holes, I see a wide variety of dogs being used for marking. Everything from terriers to whippet looking dogs, to lurchers, to who knows what kind of dog that is..... with that being said, it seems a marking dog doesn't need to be all that specially bred as far as using its nose is concerned. Am I correct in that assumption? I've always been under the impression that herding dogs and sight hounds don't have that great of noses, so seeing them being used for marking holes makes me wonder if just about any dog that likes to hunt could be good as a marking dog, regardless of if the breed in question has been bred for using its nose. Is that a correct assumption, or am I missing something? I think you are correct in your assumptions and are missing nothing. I think its us that are missing out on the chance to find out from you about hunting things with mink. What do you hunt and why use a mink?. Are there legal restrictions on using ferrets? Hope you don't think I'm being nosey(no pun intended considering the topic) . I'm a bit fascinated. Quote Link to post
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Minkenry! There are an awful lot of dogs out there that will never get the chance to work unfortunately. Atb Quote Link to post
Minkenry 1,044 Posted August 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) While we are on the topic of marking holes, I see a wide variety of dogs being used for marking. Everything from terriers to whippet looking dogs, to lurchers, to who knows what kind of dog that is..... with that being said, it seems a marking dog doesn't need to be all that specially bred as far as using its nose is concerned. Am I correct in that assumption? I've always been under the impression that herding dogs and sight hounds don't have that great of noses, so seeing them being used for marking holes makes me wonder if just about any dog that likes to hunt could be good as a marking dog, regardless of if the breed in question has been bred for using its nose. Is that a correct assumption, or am I missing something? I think you are correct in your assumptions and are missing nothing. I think its us that are missing out on the chance to find out from you about hunting things with mink. What do you hunt and why use a mink?. Are there legal restrictions on using ferrets? Hope you don't think I'm being nosey(no pun intended considering the topic) . I'm a bit fascinated. Anyone who knows me knows I love talking about mink! ;-) "What do you hunt?" I hunt all kinds of things with my mink... Muskrats- https://youtu.be/sQV_SMU69lE?list=PL03o0OXW1-dYYm_JcgGF83adrrx53J_fj Rock Squirrels- a species of ground squirrel that seems like a cross between a ground squirrel and a tree squirrel- https://youtu.be/q256c3l380U?list=PL03o0OXW1-dYYm_JcgGF83adrrx53J_fj Brown Rats- https://youtu.be/pzdK8v-UHd4 Kangaroo Rats- https://youtu.be/MyHGAuc_Y6Y?list=PL03o0OXW1-dYYm_JcgGF83adrrx53J_fj Chipmunks- https://youtu.be/rEraDlEfoZc Fish- https://youtu.be/Y43REKpMQqY We also hunt other species of ground squirrel (especially Uinta Ground Squirrels) and rabbits, but I don't have any good videos of it. As far as why I hunt with mink there is a long story behind that, but I'll give you the short version.... I became interested in mink when I moved near several mink farms in Lehi Utah, during my last year of high school in 2003. Back then I was big into falconry, and I basically LIVED just to go hunting with my birds! This was the first time I was introduced to mink. When I moved to Lehi I knew nothing about mink, and I was told by everyone around town that mink were wild, vicious, and impossible to tame. Having had plenty of experience taming and training wild hawks and falcons as a falconer, and wild horses as a horse trainer, I decided to try to do the "impossible" and tame a mink. Soon after taming a couple different mink, I became intrigued with the idea of hunting and fishing with a trained mink, and ever since then hunting with mink has become my passion in life, completely replacing falconry. "Are there legal restrictions on using ferrets?" I know it is illegal in some states, but which ones I'm not sure. Since I haven't hunted with ferrets since I was a kid, I don't really look into the ferreting laws. Edited August 15, 2015 by Minkenry 1 Quote Link to post
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